radioChannelCreate

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Description

Description:

Create a custom radio channel with the given color, label, call sign and registered characters. The index returned can be used to manipulate the created channel later. There are 10 slots for custom radio channels which would correspond to channels 6-15 (see getPlayerChannel). The command will find an unused index in this range and create it when found. Server only.

Multiplayer:

Execute on the server

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

radioChannelCreate [color, label, callSign, units, sentenceType]

Parameters:

[color, label, callSign, units, sentenceType]: Array

color: Array - RGBA color values

label: String - label

callSign: String - call sign

units: Array - list of units in the channel

sentenceType (Optional): Boolean - disable putting all chat messages in quotations (default: true)

Return Value:

Number - created channel ID (used in customChat command), 0 if failed

Examples

Example 1:

_index = radioChannelCreate [[0.96, 0.34, 0.13, 0.8], "Q-dance Radio", "%UNIT_NAME", [player1, player2]];

Example 2:

_index = radioChannelCreate [[0.96, 0.34, 0.13, 0.8], "Q-dance Radio", "%UNIT_NAME", [player1, player2], false]; // disable automatic quotes for chat in channel (ArmA 3)

Example 3:

Create custom channel and add all players to it, present and JIP:if (isServer) then { private _channelName = "Q-dance Radio"; private _channelID = radioChannelCreate [[0.96, 0.34, 0.13, 0.8], _channelName, "%UNIT_NAME", []]; if (_channelID == 0) exitWith {diag_log format ["Custom channel '%1' creation failed!", _channelName]}; [_channelID, {_this radioChannelAdd [player]}] remoteExec ["call", [0, -2] select isDedicated, _channelName]; };

Additional Information

See also:

radioChannelAddradioChannelRemoveradioChannelSetCallSignradioChannelSetLabelcustomChatcustomRadiosetCurrentChannelcurrentChannelenableChannelchannelEnabledgetPlayerChannel

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Posted on January 21, 2016 - 13:30 (UTC)

Killzone Kid

Make sure you add all units you intend to speak or receive messages on created custom channel to the channel.